When Glasgow's two main football clubs meet at Hampden Park, winning means everything. But rarely has there been such a curious build-up to a fixture that hardly needs a sideshow. In Scotland, when ...

With the possible exception of the very early weeks of the season, when Celtic and Rangers meet, it is usual for one of them to be hovering somewhere close to crisis. It is simply the nature of ...

Celtic's inaugural match as a club, when they faced Rangers in a friendly in 1888, is said to have been followed by a dinner in which the squads toasted good health to their counterparts. The players ...